North Haven Gardens is showing the premier screening of Mad City Chickens! Be the first in Texas to see this entertaining, funny and informative film.

Mad City Chickens is a sometimes serious, sometimes whimsical look at the people who keep urban chickens in their backyards. From chicken experts and authors to a rescued landfill hen or an inexperienced family that decides to take the poultry plunge—and even a mad scientist and giant hen taking to the streets—it’s a humorous and heartfelt trip through the world of backyard chickendom.

Highlights include:
~ Mother Earth News Editor-in-Chief, Cheryl Long
~ Leading bird flu expert, Dr. Michael Greger
~ Rare behind-the-scenes at Murray McMurray Hatchery
~ Backyard Poultry editor, Elaine Belanger
~ Society for the Preservation of Poultry Antiquities, Christine Heinrichs
~ Stunning results from nutritional study on pastured eggs
~ Follow an urban family for an entire year as they take the poultry plunge
~ A factory farm hen that refused to die even after being gassed and dumped at a landfill

PLUS…coops, birds, eggs, art, images from the Seattle Tilth group, founding members of the Mad City Chickens group, a California musical hen, a Texas life-saving flock…and yes…even a mad professor and a giant chicken find their way into the mix.

For more information visit http://www.tarazod.com/filmsmadchicks.